उपदेशसाहस्री (आदि शङ्कराचार्य - गद्य व पद्य भाग)

5-10] A CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE SELF AND MIND 291
8. Scrutinised through the reasoning that reality¹ is
never destroyed and unreality never born you have
no (real) existence. You are, therefore, Oh my mind,
non-existent in the Self. Having both birth and death
you are accepted as non-existent.
द्रष्टा च दृश्यं च तथा च दर्शनं भ्रमस्तु सर्वस्तव
कल्पितो हि सः । दृशेश्च भिन्नं न हि दृश्यमीक्ष्यते
स्वप्नप्रबोधेन तथा न भिद्यते ॥ ९ ॥
विकल्पना वापि तथाद्वया भवेदवस्तुयोगात्तदलातचक्रवत् ।
न शक्तिभेदोऽस्ति यतो न चात्मनां ततोऽद्वयत्वं श्रुति-
तोऽवसीयते ॥ १० ॥
9, 10. As everything—the seer, seeing and the
seen—is a false notion superimposed by you and as
no object of perception is known to have an existence
independent of that of the Self, (the Self is one only).
When this is so, the Self in the state of deep sleep²
does not differ from Itself when in waking (or dream).
Unreal like the circular³ form of a burning torch superim-
position also⁴ (has no existence independent of that
of) the non-dual Self. The oneness of the Self is
ascertained from the Srutis as the Self has no division
within Itself on account of different powers⁵ and as
It is not different (in different bodies).
¹ See Bh. Gîtâ, 2. 16.
² The non-dual Self only exists in deep sleep. See Br. U., 4. 3. 32.
³ When it is moved round.
⁴ Like the seer, seeing and the seen which are superimposed.
⁵ See Br. U. 4. 3. 23—30.